1. Writing and Publishing With Jacqui Sharp

2. http://www.wordle.net/create Highlight all the text in your story by pressing Command-A (Select All) Copy it by pressing Command-C Click on http://www.wordle.net/create Click in the box that says Paste a bunch of text Press Command-V Click Go Take a screen capture and paste intoyour Wikipage or into Pages Analyse your story for words that you have used too many times Wordle

3. Screen Capture Press Shift - Command – 4 Your mouse will turn into a cross with a circle behind it Click and drag around what you want to capture It will then go to your desktop It will be called Picture 1 (or 2 or 3…) Rename the Picture file by clicking once on the name Then click again (Don’t double click, it will just open the picture) Type your new name in

4. Borders in Pages Highlight all of your text Click on the Inspector button Click on the T button Click on the More button Click on the Line drop down and select a line Choose the border button Change colour Change border thickness Change the size of the border

5. Borders and Shapes Click on the Shape button Choose a shape suitable for a border Click on the Inspector button Click on the Wrap Inspector button Click on the ‘In the Background’ Click and drag the shape to fill the whole page Change the colour by clicking on the Graphic Inspector

6. Change colours Change the colour of the shape by clickingon the Graphic Inspector Click on the Colourbox and select a colour Or click on the Colour Fill dropdown and choose a Gradient Fill Select a second colour and adjust the Angles

7. Change the thickness of the border Under stroke, change colour of border by clicking on the Colourbox select a colour Change the thickness by clicking on the arrows Add a shadow by clicking in the tickbox next to Shadow Change colour or angle Add a Reflection

8. Make a frame in pages Click on the Shape button Choose a shape suitable for a border Click on the Inspector button Click on the Wrap Inspector button Click on the ‘In the Background’ Click on the Line dropdown menu and select Picture Frame Click on the Colourbox drop down arrow andselect a frame

9. Go to File-Export Click Next Click Export Go to http://www.slideshare.net/ Click Login Type in User Name and Password, click Login Click Upload Click Browse and Select Files Find your file, click Upload Click Publish It may take a while, click on My Slidespace When you see it, click on the document

10. Upload Pages to Slideshare Click on Custom Click once in the box under ‘Without Related Presentations’ Press Command-C Go to your Wikispaces page Click on Edit Click on the Embed Widget button Click on Other HTML Press Command-V Click Save Click Save